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About John Burnside
Scottish writer
John Burnside was a Scottish writer, known for his poetry and for the recognition his work received in major literary prizes. He was one of four poets to win both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single collection, Black Cat Bone, in 2011. In 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for his body of work.
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- “I love long sentences. My big heroes of fiction writing are Henry James and Proust - people who recognise tha…”John Burnside
- “All you have to do is choose the right day, the right weather, and you come upon a hidden place in the mornin…”John Burnside
- “As I child, I came to this idea with a horrified fascination. Once upon a time, I wasn’t here. Before that, m…”John Burnside
- “I'm an insomniac, so my perfect reader is probably another insomniac.”John Burnside
Books: more sayings
- “If the wealth you've accumulated is in the form of friends, family and books, then you're doing life right.”Saleem Sharma
- “People in this country are still waiting for the war of their freedom to come from somewhere else, from the j…”Aravind Adiga
- “I'll always write picture books - it's just what I do. I'd even do it if I wasn't being paid.”Debi Gliori
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Books by John Burnside
The Devil's Footprints
2007
The devil's footprints
2007